US5611102A - Method and apparatus for applying viscous materials to curved surfaces - Google Patents
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- E04F21/02—Implements for finishing work on buildings for applying plasticised masses to surfaces, e.g. plastering walls
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- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
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- the present invention relates to method and apparatus for applying viscous materials to curved surfaces generally and, more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to novel such method and apparatus which are particularly useful in the application of drywall paste and similar viscous materials to curved surfaces.
- a further disadvantage of conventional drywall finishing blades is that they have a single, centrally mounted handle for one-handed use. Such blades tend to leave ripples in the joint compound because the ends of the blades are free to twist back and forth. Also these blades are relatively small, about 10 to 14 inches wide, which means more passes, more work, and more touch-ups.
- a tool for applying a viscous material to a curved surface comprising: a thin, flexible, planar blade having first and second side edges; and first and second elongate handles depending from said blade, said first and second handles being attached to said blade near said first and second side edges, respectively, and configured to be manually grasped by a user of said tool.
- FIG. 1 is front elevational view of a finishing tool constructed according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the finishing tool.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the finishing tool being employed to smooth a viscous material on a convex surface.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the finishing tool being employed to smooth a viscous material on a concave surface.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate a finishing tool constructed according to the present invention, generally indicated by the reference numeral 10.
- Tool 10 includes a flat, flexible, metal blade 12 which is preferably on the order of about six inches high by about 24 inches long.
- Two elongate handles 14 and 16 depend substantially orthogonally from blade 12 and are attached thereto by a plurality of fasteners, as at 20.
- the central axes of handles 14 and 16 lie in the plane of blade 12.
- FIG. 3 illustrates finishing tool 10 being employed to smooth viscous material 26 on a convex surface 30.
- Blade 12 of tool 10 has been given the appropriate shape by the user grasping handles 14 and 16 and rotating the handles away from each other, as indicated by the small arrows around the handles, thus causing blade 12 to twist and assume the shape shown.
- Tool 10 is then drawn downwardly, as indicated by the large arrow, with the lower edge of blade 12 lifted somewhat from surface 30, to smooth material 26 which may be assumed to be drywall paste, plaster, or a similar viscous material.
- FIG. 4 illustrates finishing tool 10 being employed to smooth viscous material 36 on a concave surface 40.
- blade 12 of tool 10 has been given the appropriate shape by the user grasping handles 14 and 16 and rotating the handles toward each other, as indicated by the small arrows around the handles, thus causing blade 12 to twist and to assume the shape shown.
- Tool 10 is then drawn downwardly, as indicated by the large arrow, with the lower edge of blade 12 lifted somewhat from surface 40, to smooth material 26 which, again, may be assumed to be drywall paste, plaster, or a similar viscous material.
- finishing tool 10 can be employed, as well, to apply and smooth viscous materials on compound curved surfaces or on combination curved and flat surfaces by changing the degree and/or direction of twisting of handles 14 and 16 as blade 12 is drawn over a surface.
- finishing tool 10 can be used on flat surfaces by leaving handles 14 and 16 in "neutral" positions to maintain blade 12 in a flat configuration.
- Tool 10 can be economically constructed of any suitable materials and is easily cleaned.
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